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Lease Agreements

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Lease Agreements
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Lease Agreements

7. Lease Agreements

Office Lease

The Company leases a facility in Emeryville, California under an operating lease. In January 2023, the Company amended the original lease to extend the lease term five months from its original expiration of February 28, 2023 to July 31, 2023 (the “amended lease agreement” or the “amended lease”).

The Company retained no option to further extend, renew or terminate the amended lease under the amended terms and all other material terms and conditions, including the monthly base rent, remained consistent with the original lease.

In accordance with ASC 842, the Company accounted for the amendment to extend the lease term as a modification of the original lease and, as such, remeasured the lease liability and recognized a corresponding adjustment to the right-of-use asset of $0.1 million to reflect the changes in the lease payments due to the extended lease term.

On June 27, 2023, the Company executed the second lease amendment for its corporate headquarters lease in Emeryville, California with the same counterparty, in a different location in the same building to replace its existing amended lease which expired in July 2023 (the “new lease agreement” or the “new lease”). The new lease agreement commenced on November 10, 2023 and has a term of 65 months.

Under the new lease agreement, the Company retained access to its original premises under the amended lease which expired in July 2023, until the current premises became available on November 10, 2023. Payments made between when the lease expired in July 2023 and the commencement date of the premises of November 10, 2023 were recorded as variable lease costs in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023.

In accordance with ASC 842, the Company accounted for the new lease as a separate contract and the Company recognized an operating lease right-of-use assets of $0.4 million and operating lease liabilities of $0.4 million on November 10, 2023, the commencement date of the new lease.

Kinnate Lease

As part of the Kinnate Merger Agreement (Note 4), the Company acquired a lease agreement that was assigned to an assignee that expires on June 30, 2026. In accordance with ASC 842, the Company accounted for the lease as if it had commenced on the Kinnate Merger Closing Date. The Company recognized operating lease liabilities of $0.8 million as of April 3, 2024. No operating lease right-of-use assets were recorded due to the allocation of the excess of fair value of net assets acquired to certain qualifying assets under ASC 805.

The following table summarizes maturity of the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of September 30, 2024 (in thousands):

Year

Rent Payments

2024 (excluding the nine months ended September 30, 2024)

 

$

117

2025

502

2026

 

300

2027

 

91

2028

102

Thereafter

 

36

Total undiscounted lease payments

$

1,148

Present value adjustment

(120)

Total net lease liability for operating leases

$

1,028

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the total net lease liability was $1.0 million and $0.4 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s current and non-current operating lease liabilities were $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s current and non-current operating lease liabilities were $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

The following table summarizes the cost components of the Company’s operating leases included in G&A in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):

    

Three Months Ended September 30, 

    

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

2024

2023

2024

2023

Lease costs:

Operating lease cost

$

36

$

17

 

$

97

 

$

116

Variable lease cost (1)

 

 

20

 

18

 

32

Total lease costs

$

36

$

37

 

$

115

$

148

(1) Under the terms of the original, amended, and new lease agreements, the Company is also responsible for certain variable lease payments that are not included in the measurement of the lease liability. Variable lease payments include non-lease components such as common area maintenance fees.

The following information represents supplemental disclosure for the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows related to operating leases (in thousands):

    

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

    

2024

2023

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

 

 

Operating cash flows under operating leases

$

68

$

121

The assumptions used in calculating the present value of the lease payments for the Company’s operating leases as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows:

    

September 30, 

December 31, 

    

2024

2023

Weighted-average remaining lease term

2.7 years

5.33 years

Weighted-average discount rate

8.18

%

8.50

%

Kinnate Sublease

As part of the Kinnate Merger Agreement (Note 4), the Company acquired a lease assignment agreement with an assignee that expires on June 30, 2026. In accordance with ASC 842, the Company will account for the lease assignment as a sublease over its term. Under the terms of the lease assignment agreement, the assignee will make direct payments to the head lessor over the lease term. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized sublease income of $0.1 million and $0.2 million in the other income (expense), net line item in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.